Conan: Developing business in Kexue World

Chapter 140 The Missing Mermaid
The next day.

Ebihara's home.

All the residents of the island were dressed in black to attend Sumi's funeral.

Kenta and the others are also here, and Uncle Mori is registering the roster.

Kenta and Sonoko didn't bring black clothes when they came out this time, so they could only borrow a set on the island. After all, there are no shops selling formal clothes on the island.

Conan's jacket was changed to black, and Xiaolan also wore a black dress.

Heiji and Ye and the others changed into student uniforms (that is, school uniforms). Heiji's uniform was originally a black suit, and Heiji's uniform was blue.In fact, in Neon, a funeral is a very solemn and solemn thing, but for minors, it is much lower than that for adults. Uniforms are the most basic choice. For students, uniforms are formal attire.

"How about it, I told you to bring the student uniform, have you used it?" Heiji said to Heiji showing off.

He Ye responded in a low voice, "Isn't it good for us to do this, will it disturb others if we come here?"

Heiji: "You're thinking too much. It's a good time to take this opportunity to learn more about the island."

After Maoli registered, he turned around and saw the two of Heiji talking in a low voice, and reminded: "You two, don't mutter, you are currently guarding the night for Miss Shoumei."

"Understood." Heiji replied.

Xiao Lan whispered behind He Ye, "Did you bring the Dugong Arrow?"

He Ye turned around and whispered, "I brought her here."

Yuanzi said: "Don't worry about what that old woman said, Kenta said, you have to believe in science."

Conan on the side noticed that a certain name on the roster, Kadowaki Benzo, Kadowaki Saori's father, that old alcoholic, had also come.

Wake room.

Kadowaki Benzo, Shimabukuro Kimie, and Fukuyama Rokuro are all there.

The paper door opened, Junhui Shimabukuro turned around and stood up, "So Mr. Mori, are you here too?"

"That's right." Mao Li approached Junhui, and whispered: "Speaking of which, Mr. Kadowaki, it seems that he hasn't returned to his home, right?"

Jun Hui looked at Kadowaki Benzo sitting on the futon in front of him, and said, "Yes. I heard that he had a night of drinking with tourists in a tavern."

Heiji blushed, "You drank all night?"

Mori looked around at this moment, "Why isn't Ms. Naoko here? Her name is on the roster."

As expected of Uncle Mao Li, he is really sensitive to the existence of a beautiful girl, and he immediately found out that she was gone.

Jun Hui was surprised, "You mean Naoko is here too?"

He Ye said: "I think she must have gone to the bathroom."

Xiao Lan said, "Then let's go and have a look."

Yuanzi looked at Xiaolan's tense face, narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "I see, you are really afraid of ghosts, you are really cute, stick it~"

"Garden~"

It is already night, and Xiaolan dare not go to the toilet alone.

"That's fine." Molly nodded in agreement.

Xiaolan and the others turned around and opened the paper door, ready to find Miss Heijiang Naoko.

At this time, there happened to be a loud thunder outside, illuminating the sky.

Is it finally going to rain?The sky has been overcast for two days.

click-

A flash of lightning flashed, and the courtyard was illuminated for a moment.

Xiaolan's expression turned ugly.

He Ye asked, "What's the matter, Xiaolan? Are you afraid of thunder?"

Xiaolan's voice trembled, "No, there seems to be a person over there."

"Is there?" Yuanzi looked towards the corner of the courtyard.

At this time, a flash of lightning flashed.

"Yeah—"*3
The three of them let out a small exclamation, and He Ye and Yuanzi hugged Xiao Lan tightly.

He Ye said: "It's true, what's going on?"

Kenta heard Sonoko's exclamation and came out, "What's wrong, Sonoko?"

Yuanzi pointed to the corner of the courtyard, "There seems to be a person there!"

"What?" Heiji also rushed out.

At this time, a flash of lightning flashed, and everyone finally saw the face of that person clearly.She is Naoko Heijiang. She is kneeling on the ground, her eyes are wide open, her mouth is wide open, and she is tied to the wall with her hands in the shape of wings.

"Ah——"*3
The three women couldn't hold back either, and screamed.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Uncle Maori ran out.

At this time, Conan and Heiji had already gone to the corpse.

Maori got a general understanding, because there is no police on the island now, he can only be a cameo policeman, ask Sonoko for a camera, and go to the corpse to take pictures and leave a certificate.

There was a commotion in the corridor. It seemed that the guests who attended the funeral also knew that there was another murder here, and gathered around the corridor to watch.

Click ~ click ~
Mao Li held the camera and recorded the characteristics of the corpse. After all, he was also from the professional team before, and his old job of on-site investigation has not been lost.

"From this point of view, the time of death should be less than an hour." Mao Li said.

Heiji's deduction: "I think she was tied to this fishing net after being strangled to death."

Naoko's arms were tied to the fishing nets like wings. Just now when everyone looked at it in the corridor, they thought they were hanging by ropes, but they didn't expect it to be fishing nets. This made the case feel strange.

Heiji took a flashlight and looked aside: "The two kinds of shoes on the sand are slippers and high boots. Ms. Naoko is wearing a pair of slippers, and the high boots should belong to the murderer."

"Nane, look, this shape should be the trace after the dugong's arrow was stepped on." Conan also made a new discovery. There was a trace in the shape of a bow and arrow between the footprints on the ground.

Conan said: "Since it was stepped on under the slippers, it is possible that the arrow fell when she was fighting with the murderer, and was accidentally stepped on by Naoko."

Heiji looked around, but there was no trace of the arrow, "Did the murderer take the arrow away later?"

Mao Li said: "In other words, as long as we follow the shoe prints of the boots, we should find the place where the murderer is hiding."

Heiji said: "That's true."

Holding flashlights, the two followed the footprints, but unexpectedly, the footprints extended towards the sea.

"I didn't expect it to be like this. And it seems that something has fallen." Heiji took a flashlight and shone on the ground. He picked it up and saw that it was a fish scale.

Conan said: "In fact, Miss Naoko also has two or three fish scales like this."

"What?" Maori and Heiji froze for a moment.

At this time, a group of people ran in the distance, "Hey, what are you guys doing here?"

Maori touched his head and said, "We are investigating this case."

The visitor was very dissatisfied, "This is the responsibility of our Fukui prefectural police."

Heiji squinted his eyes and complained, "You guys are finally here."

Also, the Fukui county police were too slow to act, and it took almost a day before they arrived at the scene.

Now that the scene was handed over to the police, the three of Heiji returned to the corridor and told them about the investigation just now.

Xiaolan was a little scared, "You mean, the footprints of the murderer disappeared when they reached the seaside?"

"Yes, and a few fish scales just fell off next to it." Heiji said indifferently, and glanced back at the policemen who were investigating the scene.

However, the three girls were frightened by his words.

Yuanzi insisted: "Believe in science."

Xiaolan: "But there are fish scales on the scene."

He Ye: "Could it be that the murderer is a mermaid?"

The three hugged each other tightly.

Heiji complained: "Fool, why do mermaids wear boots?"

Afterwards, Heiji sternly said, "I think the murderer may have walked along the wave line, and then came to the fishing net where he and Naoko met. After the murder, he walked back along the wave line, so it seems that he is It’s like coming from the sea. As for the footprints along the wave line, they have been wiped away by the waves long ago.”

"That's it." He Ye was still a little dubious after hearing this.

Maori turned around and asked the crowd watching the excitement in the corridor, "By the way, did anyone see Miss Naoko when she walked out of the house?"

Jun Hui said: "No, when I came, she was no longer in the room."

Fukuyama Rokuro asked: "Mr. Benzo, have you seen it? You signed the roster after Naoko."

Kadowaki Benzo was still dizzy from alcohol, "I didn't see it. When I went in, there was no one in the room."

Mao Li held his chin, "So, Naoko was the first to arrive here, and she went to that fishing net to wait for the murderer not long after."

Fukuyama Rokuro stepped forward and said angrily, "Hey, this murderer is the same person as the one who killed Shoumei, right?"

Mao Li said: "This is not very clear yet. But what is certain is that the murderer has already taken away Naoko's dugong arrow."

"Eh? The murderer took the dugong's arrow?" He Ye shrank back.

At this time, Jun Hui suddenly said: "Shazhi also disappeared after the dugong's arrow disappeared. Could it be that she is..."

Heiji said in a low voice: "Yes, maybe she has been murdered by now."

"What, are you talking about Sazhi?" At this time, a passer-by mother-in-law said, "As for Sazhi, I saw her yesterday morning, near Mermaid Waterfall."

Conan, Heiji, and Mori immediately looked at the mother-in-law. Saori was still alive until yesterday morning?

Another grandpa also confirmed, "I did the same, and I saw it from a distance. She wandered past in the forest near the waterfall."

Heiji asked, "Is what you saw really Saori?"

The old man was very sure, "There must be nothing wrong. The only child on the island, Sazhi, has dyed tea hair and wears a pair of glasses."

The old woman added, "And usually she wears blue clothes."

"Chafa?" Sonoko is very sensitive to this now. After all, he just experienced in Izu that he was about to be killed by scum just because he was a chafa.

Kenta quickly comforted, "Don't think about it, it's just a coincidence."

Heiji thought for a while, "So, Saori must be trying to escape someone's pursuit, so she couldn't appear in front of everyone calmly."

Seeing that things were not progressing, Mori asked Saori's father, "Mr. Kadowaki, do you know why?"

"Who knows, that child usually doesn't tell me anything." Kadowaki Benzo didn't seem at all flustered by his daughter's disappearance.

Fukuyama Rokuro looked at him dissatisfied.

(End of this chapter)